The
Young Citizens' Action Agenda is a campaign led by the Institute for
Citizenship to give young citizens the voice and skills to produce
solutions for the 21st Century. The campaign, which is supported by the
BBC, BT, Mentorn Media (Question Time Producers), City of London
Corporation, GLA, Parliamentary Education Service, Steljes Technology
and The Evening Standard, aims to provide young citizens with the
information and skills they need to face the challenges of the 21st
Century.
The Young Citizens' Action Agenda will launch with the Young Citizens' Action Event hosted by Huw Edwards at Central Hall, Westminster on Thursday 10th July 2008 for 2,000 16-19 year olds. In the evening the audience will stay on for a very special edition of Question Time hosted by David Dimbleby, which is being produced by 8 student producers who won the Schools Question Time Challenge (supported by the BBC, the Institute for Citizenship and BT).
After the Young Citizens' Action Event we will create two Young Citizens Panels, one for London and one for the whole of the UK. These panels will use the information from the Young Citizens' Say Survey (provided by the audience) and the ideas from the Action Event to create Young Citizens' Action Agendas that will be presented to the Prime Minister and Mayor of London in October 2008. For more information please see the relevant sections of this website.
Monday 18th August 2008 Young Citizens' Say online survey closes
The Young Citizens' Say survey has now closed for 2008. Thank you to everyone that took the time to complete it. The Institute for Citizenship is now analysing the data and will be using it to help our Young Citizens' Panels for the UK and London set Action Agendas for the Prime Minister and Mayor of London, these will be delivered in October 2008. In addition, the data will also be used to inform the Young Citizens' Say Report that will be released in November 2008.
The Institute for Citizenship would like to thank everyone that took part.
Monday 18th August 2008 Watch Schools Question Time 2008 online
The special schools edition of Question Time, broadcast on BBC ONE on 10th July 2008, is still available to view on the BBC website.
Click here to watch Question Time.
Monday 28th July 2008 Watch the Young Citizens' Action Event short films
The
Politics Matters and Citizenship Matters films, as shown at the Young
Citizens' Action Event on 10th July 2008, are now available on the BBC
Schools Question Time website. The short films by Andrew Marr and Mark
Easton are very useful for Citizenship and PSHE lessons, and can be
viewed and downloaded on the BBC website.
The Institute for Citizenship would like to thank BBC Outreach for producing these films especially for the groundbreaking Young Citizens' Action Event.
To view these short films please see the BBC Schools Question Time Website.
The Institute for Citizenship would like to thank BBC Outreach for producing these films especially for the groundbreaking Young Citizens' Action Event.
To view these short films please see the BBC Schools Question Time Website.
Monday 28th July 2008 Mark Easton on the positives of our young citizens
Mark
Easton, BBC News' Home Editor, has recently added an article on his
blog about '10 reasons to cheer our teenagers'. Mark was a guest
speaker at the Young Citizens' Action Event on 10th July 2008 and
pushed for young people - all people - to become more engaged as active
citizens. The aim of the Young Citizens' Action Agenda is to promote
the role that young citizens can take in producing solutions for the
21st Century and to promote young people as positive citizens despite
the negative picture often painted by the media.
The Institute for Citizenship are delighted that people are actively celebrating teenagers as active and responsible citizens and hope that the Young Citizens' Action Agenda continues to promote their positive role in society.
The Institute for Citizenship are delighted that people are actively celebrating teenagers as active and responsible citizens and hope that the Young Citizens' Action Agenda continues to promote their positive role in society.
Read Mark Easton's Blog.
Tuesday 23rd July 2008 Take the Young Citizens' Say Survey - Have Your Say!
To create Young Citizens' Action Agenda's for the Prime Minister and Mayor of London, the Institute for Citizenship is now surveying young people between 14-19 years old for their opinions. The Young Citizens' Action Agenda campaign aims to give young citizens the voice and skills to produce solutions for the 21st Century. The Young Citizens' Say Survey covers all aspects of 21st Century life from politics to economics to the London 2012 Olympics.
Take the Young Citizens' Say Survey.
Thursday 17th July 2008 Young Citizens' Action Event Photos Online
Pictures from the Young Citizens' Action Event are now on The Event page. Thank you to the BT Better World for supplying these photos.
Friday 11th July 2008 Young Citizens' Action Event Huge Success
Nearly
1,400 teachers and students attended the groundbreaking Young Citizens'
Action Event at Central Hall, Westminster on Thursday 10th July 2008.
The Event was hosted by Huw Edwards (BBC News) with help from Hardeep
Singh Kohli (BBC Presenter) and Jane Hill (BBC News) and featured
appearances from Andrew Marr (BBC), Mark Easton (BBC), Iain Duncan
Smith MP, Ed Miliband MP, Sir Mike Rake (Chairman, BT), Michael Cassidy
(City of London Corporation), Nik Woods (BBC) and Mark Thompson
(Director General, BBC).
The event discussed the important issues of Politics, Economics and 21st Century Citizenship. In the evening the audience stayed on to watch Question Time with David Dimbleby, making them the largest ever audience of Question Time.
The event discussed the important issues of Politics, Economics and 21st Century Citizenship. In the evening the audience stayed on to watch Question Time with David Dimbleby, making them the largest ever audience of Question Time.
Supporters
for the Young Citizens' Action Event included BBC, Evening Standard,
GLA, City of London Corporation, BT, Parliamentary Education Service
and Steljes. The Institute for Citizenship is particularly grateful to
all our supporters for helping make this groundbreaking event happen.
To see the Evening Standard article about the Young Citizens' Action Event please click here.
To see Question Time on the BBC iPlayer please click here.
Next week there will be more reports, pictures and quotes from the event.
Tues 1st July 2008 Forms online now
Teachers and students attending the Young Citizens' Action Event on 10th July can now download all the forms they need to complete from this website.- BBC Consent Form (to be returned to the Institute by Monday 7th July 2008)
- YCAE Form (to be returned by email to kate@citizen.org.uk by Friday 4th July 2008)
- Question Time - Ask the Questions Form (optional)
- Young Citizens Say Survey (please print out and bring to the event)
Fri 27th June 2008 Tickets still available for the Young Citizens' Action Event!
After
a huge amount of interest in the Young Citizens' Action Event on 10th
July 2008 at Central Hall, Wesminster we now only have approximately
150 tickets for Schools/Youth Groups to bring students aged 16-19 to
this groundbreaking occasion. The afternoon hosted by BBC News
Presenter Huw Edwards will feature sessions on the importance of
Politics, Economics and 21st Century Challenges with guest speaker
appearances from Andrew Marr, Mark Easton, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Nik
Wood, David Dimbleby and Jane Hill. In the evening students will stay
on to take part in a special edition of Question Time with the largest
audience in its history! To apply for FREE tickets please follow this
link: Registration Form. For more information please see our Event Section of this website.
Thurs 26th June 2008 Tonight's Question Time
With
just two weeks until the groundbreaking Young Citizens' Action Event,
the Institute for Citizenship's President David Dimbleby will announce
further details for applying for tickets on tonight's Question Time.
Question Time is in Bexhill tonight and the panel features Ivette
Cooper MP, Baroness Neville Jones, Chris Huhne MP, Grayson Perry and
Dame Ann Leslie. Question Time will be broadcast on BBC ONE at 10:35pm
for more information please see the Question Time Website.
Wed 25th June 2008 Evening Standard article on the Young Citizens' Action Agenda!
Today
the Evening Standard published an exclusive article of the Young
Citizens' Action Agenda campaign. Please follow this link to see the
article: Evening Standard Article.
Tues 24th June 2008 Young Citizens' Action Event guest speakers update
The guest speakers for the Young Citizens' Action Event at Central Hall on 10th July 2008 currently includes Huw Edwards (BBC News), David Dimbleby (Question Time), Jane Hill (BBC News), Hardeep Singh Kohli (The One Show) and Andrew Marr (The Andrew Marr Show) (all pictured). In addition Mark Easton (BBC News) and Nik Wood (BBC Working Lunch) are also appearing. We hope to be announcing further special guests in the near future.
Fri 20th June 2008 Stewards Needed
The
Institute for Citizenship is looking for enthusiastic helpers to assist
us at the Young Citizens' Action Event at Central Hall, Westminster on
Thursday 10th July. For more information and how to apply please go to
the Job Specificiation.
